Zen Master #MakeoverMonday - London

Every day of the week will be a #MakeoverMonday - join the team for a live hands-on session that’ll get you working on a brand new data set as part of a team. We’re interested in collaborative iteration through data - come and see how quickly a dataset can be built into a variety of stories.

Please bring your own laptop so you can play along!

The Zen Masters will be on hand to share their own makeovers and share advice on making effective data stories.

Intervenants

Andy Kriebel

Tableau Zen Master, The Information Lab

Andy stumbled upon Tableau in 2007 when he was desperate for help to quickly create dashboards us plus

Andy stumbled upon Tableau in 2007 when he was desperate for help to quickly create dashboards using SSAS cubes. Since then, it’s been Andy’s personal mission to help as many people as possible “see and understand” their data with Tableau, which is the focus of his role as Head Coach at The Information Lab’s School of Data. Data is knowledge, but Andy believes that seeing data is insight.

In August 2009 he launched vizwiz.blogspot.com, which provides examples of data visualisation best practices, methods for improving existing work, and tips and tricks with Tableau Software. He writes two weekly series: Makeover Monday and Tableau Tip Tuesday. He also recently launched datavizdoneright.com, a site created to highlight data visualisation best practices.

Away from Tableau, Andy enjoys spending time with his wife and four children being tourists in their own town. You might find Andy running the streets of London, playing football, or cheering on his beloved Arsenal in a local pub. less

Chris Love

Tableau Zen Master, The Information Lab

Chris has an extensive background in data analysis spanning 10 years; initially working in SAS an plus

Chris has an extensive background in data analysis spanning 10 years; initially working in SAS and SQL he was asked to evaluate an early version of Alteryx 8 years ago and hasn’t looked back since. Empowered by this new technology, and with an advantage over his peers who were using more traditional tools, he quickly developed a reputation from problem solving and, in his Consultant role at a Global Information Services provider, he helped build out many complex data solutions across a range of industries. As a Development Team Lead, managing three groups of data analysts all using Alteryx, his technical knowledge and training skills were called upon daily as he led the team from the front, advising on innovative approaches to drive down development costs.

The pinnacle of his career so far came at Alteryx’s Inspire Conference in 2013 where, pitted against nine other Alteryx super-users, he competed in his first Alteryx “Grand-Prix”. Despite some stiff competition Chris raced through three business problems, against the clock, and totaled the best time overall to become the first Grand Prix winner outside the USA. Chris is also an Alteryx Ace and Tableau Zen Master.

With Alteryx adding Tableau to it’s growing list of Technology Partners, Chris quickly recognised that they were the perfect combination and quickly set about adding Tableau to his skill set. Tableau allowed his creativity to shine and meant he no longer had to compromise when showing off the results of his analysis.

Chris is a passionate photographer and has sold his work internationally, as well as having displayed in exhibitions and competitions. He has a passion for the outdoors and his love of wildlife and nature complements his photography perfectly. less

Craig Bloodworth

Tableau Zen Master, The Information Lab

Craig first discovered the power of Tableau through constant frustration with data report authori plus

Craig first discovered the power of Tableau through constant frustration with data report authoring using classic spreadsheet applications. Since buying his own copy of Tableau Craig has never looked back, joining The Information Lab in 2011 and helping people install, understand and create exciting visualisations with Tableau.

Over the past four years Craig has been involved in all aspects of the Tableau Software product. He’s published dozens of workbooks to Tableau Public, knows Tableau Server inside & out, has developed community releases for Tableau including a Tableau Chrome plugin, web data connectors, geopacks for enhanced mapping and even an auto-updater script to keep Tableau Servers right up to date. He also currently sits on the customer advisory board for Tableau Online. less

Matt Francis

Tableau Zen Master, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

By day Matt works at the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, one of the worlds largest DNA sequencing plus

By day Matt works at the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, one of the worlds largest DNA sequencing labs. There he creates Tableau dashboards that enable the DNA sequencing pipelines to keep track on the thousands of DNA samples and the data they produce. Since discovering and installing Tableau five years ago in his team Matt is now the champion for Tableau within the institute and loves to share the good news of data viz to anyone that will listen. By night Matt creates vizzes on Tableau Public on topics ranging from Sunspots to Premier League injuries and from Treasure Hunting games to Malaria and even Star Wars. Matt is one half of the Tableau Wannabe Podcast, where its mix of discussion, guests, and good banter make it a must listen to all that love Tableau. less

Rob Radburn

Tableau Zen Master, Leicestershire County Council

As part of Rob's day to day, he provides information to support council workers in areas as diver plus

As part of Rob's day to day, he provides information to support council workers in areas as diverse as crime and community safety, economics, demography, and around both children and adult issues, for almost a million residents.

Rob has led the Research and Insight Team to deploy Tableau to enhance its analysts’ ability to explore, compare and communicate council performance data faster, to better serve local residents with the front-line services that matter to their neighbourhoods.

Outside of the day job, Rob is part of the Midlands TUG and one of the founders of the Leicester Viz Club (although we shouldn't be talking about Viz Club, what with that being the first and second rule). less

Andy Cotgreave

Technical Evangelism Director, Tableau

Andy Cotgreave is a visual analytics expert who has been with Tableau in various roles since 2011 plus

Andy Cotgreave is a visual analytics expert who has been with Tableau in various roles since 2011 ranging from product consultant to social content manager. He is now Tableau's Technical Evangelism Director. Prior to Tableau he was a data analyst at the University of Oxford.

As a technical evangelist Andy helps people see and understand their data using Tableau’s innovative products. He shares his passion for visual analysis and technology with his writing, (eg Computerworld, on tableau.com and his own blog), speaking at industry conferences like SXSW and Tableau’s own events. He's also active on Twitter @acotgreave.

Andy’s role at Tableau gives him the opportunity to work with the media, analysts and customers across all industries to help them understand the trends in visual analytics and develop their own data-discovery skills. less